Afghan Scout Relief Fund: Nonprofit Profile, Financials & Form 990 (EIN 87-4785571)

Revenue by fiscal year
FY2023	$174K
FY2024	$550K
FY2025	$571K

Expenses by fiscal year
FY2023	Not on file
FY2024	$513K
FY2025	$642K

Net assets by fiscal year
FY2023	−$20K
FY2024	$50K
FY2025	$20K

Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Oct 2022.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

87 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

87%

12%

Program services 87% · $558K Management & general 12% · $78K Fundraising 1% · $5K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

1 person listed on the 990.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation

Stephen Gates

President

$0Pt VII · Sec A

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Questions the 990 asks

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aNo

Programs and updates

Provides food and education to Afghan scouts and their families.

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3 programs · $630K · in their own filed words · FY2025

01

United State

In 2025 we brought over 18 students to high schools and colleges. We equipped them with a new computer, phone, school supplies, dorm supplies if needed, clothing, spending money so they did not have to rely on their sponsor families for everything, internal plane flights, dental care, mental health counseling as needed, etc.

$493Kprogram expense

02

Pakistan

Our mission to support Scout refugees started in Pakistan in late 2022. For 2025 we were supporting up to 50 people, families and principal applicants with P1, P2 or SIV referrals and Afghan students.

$92Kprogram expense

03

Afghanistan

Our Afghan efforts include food support for over 20 families, many of them the families of our students in the US (Hard to study when your family is starving). We also provide modest financial support for certain scout families to cover medical costs, private school tuition so as to keep their sons out of madrassas, wood and coal for…

$45Kprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record

Grants received · FY2024

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift FundFY2024$50K

The Vista FoundationFY2024$25K

Donor Advised Charitable Giving INCFY2024$23K

Amalgamated Charitable Foundation INCFY2024$20K

American Online Giving Foundation INCFY2024$18K

National Philanthropic TrustFY2024$15K

Gale Family FoundationFY2024$15K

Task Force NyxFY2024$14K

Total grants receivedfrom 9 funders$190K

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By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

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1The main four

Money inPt VIII

$571K

Ln 12

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$571K

Money outPt IX

$642K

Ln 25

Programscol B$558K

Managementcol C$78K

Fundraisingcol D$5K

Owns and owesPt X

$20K

net assets · Ln 32

Cash and savingsLn 1–2$7K

Total assetsLn 16$95K

LiabilitiesLn 26$75K

PeoplePt VI, VII

1

listed · VII A

PaidVII A0

Voting boardVI 1a3

IndependentVI 1b3

2In more detail

Revenue in detailPt VIII

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$571K

Total revenueLn 12$571K

Assets in detailPt X, end of year

CashLn 1$7K

Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$7K

Accounts receivableLn 4$13K

Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesLn 9$75K

Total assetsLn 16$95K

LiabilitiesLn 26$75K

Net assetsLn 32$20K

OperationsPt I, VI

EmployeesI 50

VolunteersI 632

Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember

Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aNo

Whistleblower policyVI 13No

Records policyVI 14No

3Year over year

Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B

Line	Start FY25	End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2	$47K	$7K
Total assetsLn 16	$101K	$95K
LiabilitiesLn 26	$50K	$75K
Net assetsLn 32	$50K	$20K

4Every line

Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line

Line	Total	Programs	Management	Fundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1	$0	$0
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2	$0	$0
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3	$0	$0
Management feesLn 11a	$78K		$78K
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e	$5K			$5K
Office expensesLn 13	$17K	$17K
TravelLn 17	$105K	$105K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24	$436K	$436K
Total functional expensesLn 25	$642K	$558K	$78K	$5K

Filing history

Year	Money in	Money out	In minus out	Net assets	Download
FY2025 Latest ViewingFiled with the IRS Jul 7, 2026	$571K	$642K	−$71K	$20K	990 PDF
FY2024Filed with the IRS Apr 2, 2026	$550K	$513K	$37K	$50K	990 PDF
FY2023Filed with the IRS Feb 5, 2026	$174K			−$20K	990 PDF

Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support O · Explanations

See the full FY2025 990 (6 parts)

Part I · Summary $570,543 revenue, 12 lines filed

I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $549,736$570,543

I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $0$0

I-10 Investment incomePrior year $0$0

I-11 Other revenuePrior year $0$0

I-12 Total revenuePrior year $549,736$570,543

I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $138,539$0

I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0

I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $0$0

I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $12,612$4,850

I-17 Other expensesPrior year $362,084$636,898

I-18 Total expensesPrior year $513,235$641,748

I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $36,501−$71,205

Part VI · Governance 3 of 3 board members independent, 4 to look at

VI-1a Voting members of the governing body3

VI-1b Independent voting members3

VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyNo

VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo

VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo

VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo

VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo

Part VIII · Statement of revenue $570,543 across 4 lines filed

VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$570,543

VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$570,543

VIII-8 Net income from fundraising events$0

VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$570,543

Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $641,748 across 8 lines filed

IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $0$0

IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $0$0

IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsPrograms $0$0

IX-11a Management feesManagement $78,428$78,428

IX-11e Professional fundraising feesFundraising $4,850$4,850

IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $17,050$17,050

IX-17 TravelPrograms $105,482$105,482

IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $435,938$435,938

IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $558,470 · Management $78,428 · Fundraising $4,850$641,748

Part X · Balance sheet $94,691 assets, 14 lines filed

Net asset lines not itemized here account for −$19,888. See the IRS return.

X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $46,698$6,537

X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $3,709$13,351

X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $50,407$74,803

X-16 Total assetsStart of year $100,814$94,691

X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $24,270$74,803

X-22 Loans from officers and insidersStart of year $26,137$0

X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $50,407$74,803

X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $50,407$19,888

X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $0$0

X-29 Capital stock or trust principalStart of year $0$0

X-30 Paid-in or capital surplusStart of year $0$0

X-31 Retained earnings or endowmentStart of year $50,407$19,888

X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $50,407$19,888

X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $100,814$94,691

Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $19,888 net assets at year end

XI-1 Total revenue$570,543

XI-2 Total expenses$641,748

XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$71,205

XI-4 Net assets at start of year$50,407

XI-8 Prior period adjustments$20,797

XI-10 Net assets at end of year$19,888

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2025 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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